A quick round-up of some fun and educational items for National Aviation Day, celebrated each year on August 19 – Orville Wright’s birthday.
Here’s a fun throwback from Pee-wee’s Playhouse.
From the SFO Museum archives
This popped up when we clicked “random object” on the SFO Museum’s Aviation Collection website. Give it a try and see what you get.
From the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum
We love this fish-like Buck Rogers spaceship toy from the collection of the National Air & Space Museum.
Balloon Basket from the National WWI Museum and Memorial
The National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City has an extensive collection of artifacts that trace the evolution of aviation from early observation balloons to legendary biplanes. They shared this video of their rare observation balloon basket.